Day: November 3, 2019

Rising pollution, surge in COVID-19 cases: Hospital beds in Delhi begin to fill up fast

Thick layer of smog envelopes Delhi, light rains expected

2:54 pm November 3, 2019

New Delhi: Delhi was enveloped in a thick layer of smog on Sunday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 18.7 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average. The city received 0.3 mm rain in the past 24 hours which slightly lowered the hazardous level of air pollutants in the air. Relative humidity was […]

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Delhi records lowest October temperature in 26 years

Pollution levels in Delhi and satellite towns shoot up, air quality ‘severe plus’ at several places

2:50 pm November 3, 2019

New Delhi: Pollution levels in Delhi and satellite towns shot up again on Sunday morning, with the air quality bordering the ‘severe plus’ category at several places A slight increase in the wind speed and a light drizzle on Saturday had led a drop in pollution levels with the air quality index settling at 399 […]

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